RDA in NACO

Module 3 RDA Toolkit and where you find the

instructions you need: Name entities and attributes

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FRBR/FRAD → RDA organization

• Remember that the organization of RDA is based on the organization of the FRBR models and tasks, which includes FRAD

• Entities: Persons, Corporate Bodies, Families• Each entity has attributes

– Person has Name, date, gender, etc.• Attributes are to serve the user tasks of:

– Find, Identify, Contextualize, and Justify

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FRBR/FRAD → RDA organization

• A Work, Expression, etc., can be represented by an authority record– E.g. establishing an authorized access point for a

translation is an Expression NAR– E.g. establishing an authorized access point for the

story of Cinderella is a Work NAR

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FRBR/FRAD → RDA organization

• Once you know the entity, you can find the attributes, record them, then create the authorized access point

• Next create the variant access points

• NOTE: some instructions are Core; some are Core-If; some are not Core– Core=Required

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General Guidelines

• Chapter 8• Purpose and definitions• Generalities:

– Capitalization, numerals as words, punctuation, initials, acronyms, etc.

– Undifferentiated name category– Status of identification

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Personal Names

• Look at Chp. 9 for Personal Names– Element list– Authorized access point instruction– Variant access point instruction

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Family Names

• Focus now on Chp. 10 for Family names– Same pattern of Element list– Followed by how to construct authorized access

point– And variant access point

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Corporate Bodies

• Last in the Group 2 entities is Chp. 11 for Corporate Bodies

• Entry element decisions of parent/subordinate entry still exists: see 11.2.2.13-31– ALL under the choice of preferred name

• List of elements, followed by authorized access point construction, same as before

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Geographic Names

• Important: Geographic Names are a Group 3 entity, and therefore are also a part of FRSAD, as well as FRBR and FRAD

• That information is found in Chp. 16, part of the Group 3 entities section

• Those instructions apply only to Geographic Names used as jurisdictions at this time, not general geographic features such as mountain ranges

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Works, Expressions, etc.

• Group 1 entities, so to find what you need to record, go to chapter 6 for Works and Expressions

• Record enough information for your purpose, as allowed by the MARC fields. Do NOT recreate the bib record

• Forming the authorized access point for W/E: 6.27

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RDA ≠AACR2

• While many of the actual rules will be the same, the underlying structure is different

• Don’t look for the descriptive cat. vs. authority heading and cross-references division of AACR2 in RDA– All entities are equal